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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?
(a) That the Minister was not prepared for the storm.
(b) That the Minister does not recognize the man.
(c) That the Minister relies on Ari to help him.
(d) That the Minister is running away.

2. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?
(a) A club.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

3. How old is the Minister of Interior?
(a) Late 70s.
(b) Mid-60s.
(c) Early 50s.
(d) Late 30s.

4. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(b) Tales of elves and fairies.
(c) Tales of the Devil as a young man.
(d) Tales of the apocalypse.

5. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?
(a) He tells him he made a grave error.
(b) He introduces him to Ari.
(c) He thanks him for his help.
(d) He tells him he looks familiar.

6. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?
(a) Calls the cops.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sings to the radio.
(d) Stares ahead in silence.

7. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?
(a) He does not want to see his wife.
(b) He forgot his suitcase.
(c) He did not say goodbye to Ari.
(d) He set the Marlboro Man free.

8. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) Ari.
(b) The crowd.
(c) His wife.
(d) The Marlboro Man.

9. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?
(a) Please don't kill us.
(b) Please don't kill him.
(c) Please get out of the car.
(d) Please don't kill me.

10. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 3 months.

11. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) The Minister of Interior.
(b) The Minister's wife.
(c) Elena.
(d) The Prime Minister.

12. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?
(a) He will be arrested.
(b) He will be executed.
(c) He will be taken to Paris.
(d) Ari will bring him back to the church.

13. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing "to young thugs who could not even spell their own names" (10)?
(a) Tutoring them.
(b) Giving them guns.
(c) Beating them up.
(d) Finding them jobs.

14. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.
(b) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.
(c) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(d) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.

15. How are Ari and the man described as the Minister thinks of being stuck in the car with them "on the way to his own execution" (7)?
(a) An intellect and a thug.
(b) A devotee and a sinner.
(c) A pragmatist and a rebel.
(d) A lunatic and a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?

2. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

3. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?

4. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?

5. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?

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